Clear and concise, this new fully-illustrated collection is as fun as it is authoritative. It features a glossary, a history of card games, advice on card-playing etiquette, and information on playing cards on the Internet.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Contributors
• Card Games
• Accordion
• All Fours
• Baccarat
• Beggar My Neighbour
• Belvedere
• Bezique
• Bisley
• Blackjack
• Black Maria
• Brag
• Bridge
• Calabresella
• Calculation
• California Jack
• Calypso
• Canasta
• Casino
• Cheat
• Cinch
• Clock
• Comet
• Coon
• Crazy Eights
• Cribbage
• Demon
• Easy Go
• Écarté
• Euchre
• Fan Tan
• Five Hundred
• Flower Garden
• German Whist
• Gin
• Go Fish
• Hasenpfeffer
• Hearts
• Hoggenheimer
• King
• Klaberjass
• Klondike
• Knaves
• Knockout Whist
• La
• Le Truc
• Limited
• Loo
• Miss
• Monte Bank
• Napoleon
• Newmarket
• Nomination Whist
• Oklahoma
• Old Maid
• Ombre
• Omnibus Hearts
• Panguingue
• Pelmanism
• Pig
• Pinochle
• Piquet
• Pitch
• Poker
• Polignac
• Pontoon
• Pope
• Preference
• President
• Pyramid
• Quinto
• Ranter Go Round
• Red Dog
• Rockaway
• Rolling Stone
• Rummy
• Russian Bank
• St Helena
• Salic
• Schafkopf
• Scotch Whist
• Shithead
• Sir
• Skat
• Slap-Jack
• Slippery Sam
• Snap
• Snip-Snap-Snorem
• Solo
• Spade the Gardener
• Spider
• Spinado
• Spoil
• Switch
• Tablanette
• Thirty-One
• Towie
• Trente et Quarante
• Vacancies
• Vanishing Cross
• Whist
• Yukon
• More About Playing Cards
• Card Games Basics
• Card Games Glossary
• Playing Cards History
• Court Cards
• Customs, Practices and Etiquette
• Card Sharp's Guide